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:SAMUEL LUMPKIN, or ATLANTA, GEORGIA.Y

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 601,209, dated March 22, 1898.

Application iled October 22, 1896. Serial No. 609,705. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom, it may oon/cern:

Be it known that I, vSAMUEL LUMPKIN, of Atlanta, in the county of Fulton and State of Georgia, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Transportation-Tickets, of which the following is a speciiication.

My invention is an improved ticket whose.

purpose is to prevent the use of such ticket or any portion or portions thereof by any person other than the original purchaser; and

. the invention consists in the. improved construction and combination of after described and claimed.

My improvements are applicable to all modes of transportation, `whether by water. routes, land routes, or combined land and water routes, and 'may be carried out in straight parts herein` or round tripand in whole or half tickets of both kinds or in'an'y otherof the usual modifications of -transportation tickets. While this must not be overlooked, the ylanguage hereinafter vused is specially applicable to railroad-tickets.

It will be understood that the purpose of preventing the use of the ticket by other than the original purchaser is toprevent the handling of the ticket by scalpers or its use `by any other person who may acquire possession of it, whether wrongfully or otherwise.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a face view of aticket made according to my invention and ready for use. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the middle portion of the ticket, the face of the cover being broken away to show the bodyA of the ticket. AVFig. 3 is a View of the back of the main portionA of the body of the ticket. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section on about line 4 4 of Fig. l. Fig. 5 is a detail viewof the cover shown in Figs. 1 and 4. Fig. 6is a face view, and Fig. 7 a back view, of a part of a ticket, showing a sli ghtly-modied form of the construction shown in Fig. l. Fi g.

8 illustrates a somewhat different construc- Fig. 8a is a detail view of a part of the identiiication portion Gr, presently described; and Fig. 9 illustrates a modified form ofthe construction shownin Fig. 8. f

The ticket is shown as composed of a head portion or sectionzA, a main portionor identification-section B, anda coupon-section C.

`This section C may be of any length to suit the distance covered by the ticket and may have one or any greater number of coupons, as may be necessary. The section A may have atits end the agents stub, inscribed as shown or in any other similar manner, while the face of section A below the agents stub is preferably utilized to receive the printed instructions to selling and validating agents and conductors. The back of the section A below the agents stub may be utilized by printing thereon the contract between the issuing company and the purchaser, and manifestly the terms of this contract may b e varied to suit the parties, and the particular wording thereof forms no part of the invention sought to be protected herein.

At the lower end of the section A, I form offsets or shoulders' a,.which serve as stops for limiting the upward movement of the sliding cover D and to stop such cover in position with its slots d in'register with the slot b in the identification-section B of the ticket.

On the face of the section B are supplied places for the stamps of the selling and validating agents, a statement of thetime limits of the ticket, together with place for the signatures of the purchaser both for validation andfor agreement to the terms and conditions of the contract; but manifestly the particular wording on this face of the section B may be varied as well as the wording on the back of such section, which is in the nature of a blank for a personal description of the purchaser. A

The cover D forms a pocket for the identiiication-section of theticket and -in the construction shown in Figs. l and 4 is in the nature of a sleeve slidin'g on theticket up against the stops a and having near its lower end a tongue or iiap E,which may be passed through slots d and b and be lapped up against the rear side of the sleeve and be held by the same fastenings that secure such sleeve.

VOn the face of the sleeveV D are provided linesD for the signatures of the selling agent, the successive conductors going, the validating agent, and the successive conductors returning, and at d', one for each line, I providefor punchingjby the distinctive punches of said conductors and agents.

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The ticket shown in Figs. 6 and 7 is the saine as that shown in Figs. l to 5, inclusive, except that the tongue lettered F is arranged at one side instead of at the center, as is the tongue E of the construction shown in Fig. 1.

On the back of the sliding holder I print the explanation of the inode in which the ticket is made good to destination in t-he hands of the original purchaser in case all the fastening-spaces have been used up before the ticket has been used to final destination, which provision is made in the construction shown in Figs. S and 9 on the identificationsection of the tickets shown in said figures, as Will more fully appear hereinafter.

In the practice of my invention it is my purpose to supply each agent and conductor with a punch or other suitable appliance for fastening by metal eyelets, also with a punch for cutting out such eyelets and with a distinctive punch, such as conductors are now usually supplied with; but While it is pre- `ferred to fasten or seal the identification portion with eyelets, as shown, it should be understood that I do not desire to be limited in the broad features of my invention to such fastening, as the fastenings may be by differerent devices and of metal or otherwise or may be a cord suitably arranged to hold the parts with the identification and time limits concealed and suitably sealed.

The purpose and object of each part of my invention maybe easily understood in reference to the instructions to the several agents and conductors, which instructions may be as follows:

l. To Agent Setting.

l. Be sure purchaser understands contract and is plainly informed that signing at place designated will render same binding on him or her.

2. Fill with ink blanks indicating limits going and returning.

3. Have purchaser sign contract on line opposite place for selling-agents stamp and attest the signature, date with ink, and stamp at place indicated.

Li. Push the sliding cover to its proper place, draw the flap through the slot, Write your name with ink on first line of cover, securely fasten the ticket, including ilap, through O O in middle, and punch with your individual punch through O on left side.

2. To Conductors.

l. When ticket is presented, if you doubt that holder is original purchaser require former to Write his or her name on separate paper.

2. Carefully punch out fastening With special punch, leaving smooth hole, pull out fia-p, slide cover down, and examine signature and description. l

3. If found satisfactory, then follow instruction No. 4 To agent selling, except that hands of original purchaser Within time limited.

5. If ticket becomes forfeited by violation of contract, retain possession of it and collect fare. If its limit in either direction has expired before presentation, do not accept it for passage.

3. To Agent Validating for Return.

l. Require holder to write his or her name on separate paper, then follow instruction No. 2 To conductors.

2. If satisfied that the holder is original purchaser and the ticket is in date, have holder sign on line opposite place for validating-agents stamp and attest the signature, date with ink, and stamp at place indicated.

3. Next follow instruction ft To agent selling, observing, however, the exception indicated in instruction 3 To conductors.77

4. If ticket has become forfeited by violation of contract or its limit has expired, refuse to validate it, and in the former case retain possession of it.

In Figs. 8 and 9 instead of making the pocket to slide over the identification portion of the ticket I arrange the latter to slide into and out of the pocket, the identification-section G being jointed or connected at one end g to the body of the ticket and having its free end sliding into and out of the pocket, so it can be concealed from unauthorized persons, but will be capable of access by those in authority.

The constructions shown in Figs. S and 9 are alike, except that in Fig. 8 arrangement is made for center fastening, While in Fig. 9 the fastening is at the side, the construction shown in Fig. 8 corresponding with that in Figs. l to 5 and that shown in Fig. 9 corresponding with that shown in Figs. G and 7.

In my invention it Will be noticed that the identification portion is repeatedly sealed and unsealed by the officials who successively handle the ticket and that in the use of the form shown in Figs. l to '7 the tongue passed through the slots in the pocket or cover and the ticket serves to prevent any peeping up from the lower end of the pocket; but, if desired, this tongue could be dispensed with by having the validating agent seal at bottom and top of the pocket; but this would use up lines twice as fast and would require a double sealing, and the tongue is therefore preferred.

IVhile the center sealing is preferable for security, the side sealing may in some instances be more convenient and can probably IOO IIO

be used with satisfactory results narrow.

tickets of stift material.

It will be seen that the plan of sealing from. all except authorized officials or employees prevents alterations of the ticket or its sale,

leads to the'detection of violations of conand successively unsealing and resealing the saine identilication portion by the several ofcials, and, further, in effecting such unsealing and resealing consecutively in the order of the coupons passed upon by said officials.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A ticket provided with a sliding sleeve' or pocket and having offsets forming stops for said sleeve or pocket substantially as shown and described.

2. A ticket provided with a sliding sleeve or cover, the ticket and sleeve having slots, and a tongue arranged to pass through said slots substantially as shown and described.

3. A ticket having a slot and provided with a sliding sleeve having slots movable into register with that of the ticket, and the tongue secured at one end to the sleeve and movable at its other end through the registered slots of the sleeve and ticket substantially as shown and described.

4:. Aticket having a slot, and offsets forming stops, a sleeve sliding on said ticket and limited in its movement by said offsets and provided with slots, and the tongue held at one endv to the sleeve and movable at its other end through the slots in the sleeve and ticket substantially as described. Y

` SAMUEL LUMPKIN. Witnesses:

CHARLES L. GLEssNER, JAMES W. VAUGHAN. 

